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City of St. Petersburg
Corey Givens Jr.
City Council, District 7
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
20
/ 100
F
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,066 of 8,966 · bottom 43.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: Ordained Baptist Minister; member of Suncoast Church (St. Petersburg); member of the Baptist Ministers Conference of St. Petersburg & Vicinity
Education: MA Christian Ministry, Bethune-Cookman University; BA Mass Communications, USF St. Petersburg; AA, Florida State University; Lakewood HS (Senior Class President)
Background: City Council, District 7, St. Petersburg — sworn Jan 2, 2025 (defeated Wengay Newton Nov 2024). Fourth-generation St. Pete native; educator and community activist; serves on Pinellas Schools ICROC and CONA. Term to Jan 2029.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: District 7 St. Petersburg City Council, sworn Jan 2, 2025 (stpete.org). HIGH-VALUE DEVIATION: Givens is an ordained Baptist Minister, member of Suncoast Church and the Baptist Ministers Conference — christian_liberty q0 TRUE on his official city bio. HARD evidence on the LGBTQ+ cells: voted with the Oct 9, 2025 majority advancing the 'Harmony' (Pride colors) + 'History' flag resolution, telling colleagues the council should 'flex our muscles and use our voices' (biblical_marriage q4 FALSE; WUSF, St. Pete Catalyst). Publicly defends city DEI funding and St. Pete Pride against DeSantis preemption ('create a culture war that doesn't exist'), explicitly questioning the 'merit/excellence vs. diversity/equity' framing — family_child_sovereignty q2 FALSE. On immigration: promotes the FDLE 'suspected unauthorized alien encounters' dashboard as a transparency / accountability tool to track and limit ICE cooperation ('After what happened in Minneapolis, we want to make sure that does not happen here'), positioning with residents and faith leaders calling on St. Pete to end its 287(g) ICE partnership — border_immigration q1 FALSE, q2 FALSE (WTSP, Fox 13). Voted NO on FY26 budget but reason was wanting MORE spending on youth programs ($3M was 'a drop in the bucket'); does NOT satisfy fiscal-restraint rubric — economic_stewardship q2 null. No documented direct statements on abortion, marriage definition, election administration, or 2A — those cells null. (Flag: Oct 2025 council clash with Driscoll over a Lincoln Cemetery social-media post; 2024 campaign-finance flag — $500 candidate-check deposited to personal account, attributed to mistake per Tampa Bay Times.)
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
FALSE (0)[5]
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
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- [1]Voted with majority Oct 9, 2025 to advance the 'Harmony' (Pride) and 'History' city-flag resolution; defended city support for St. Pete Pride against state DEI restrictions. Unclassified
Voted with majority Oct 9, 2025 to advance the 'Harmony' (Pride) and 'History' city-flag resolution; defended city support for St. Pete Pride against state DEI restrictions.
- [2]Defended DEI / Pride city funding against DeSantis preemption; explicitly criticized the 'merit, excellence and intelligence vs. diversity, inclusion and equity' framing. Unclassified
Defended DEI / Pride city funding against DeSantis preemption; explicitly criticized the 'merit, excellence and intelligence vs. diversity, inclusion and equity' framing.
- [3]Ordained Baptist Minister; member of Suncoast Church and the Baptist Ministers Conference of St. Petersburg & Vicinity — public faith profession on official city bio. Official
Ordained Baptist Minister; member of Suncoast Church and the Baptist Ministers Conference of St. Petersburg & Vicinity — public faith profession on official city bio.
- [4]Promotes FDLE 'suspected unauthorized alien encounters' dashboard as transparency tool to track and limit ICE enforcement in St. Pete ('After what happened in Minneapolis…'). Unclassified
Promotes FDLE 'suspected unauthorized alien encounters' dashboard as transparency tool to track and limit ICE enforcement in St. Pete ('After what happened in Minneapolis…').
- [5]Aligns with residents/faith leaders calling on St. Pete to end the SPPD 287(g) ICE partnership — anti-cooperation posture. Unclassified
Aligns with residents/faith leaders calling on St. Pete to end the SPPD 287(g) ICE partnership — anti-cooperation posture.
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